By annexing Crimea, Vladimir Putin has single-handedly put Russias shaky economy at risk, awakened Europe from a strategic coma, and boosted foreign competition natural gas. Now, with his eyes on Ukraine, Russias president may be poised to follow in the footsteps of historys great military blunderers, say David Gompert and Hans Binnendijk. In a new Foreign Policy piece, they examine famous military misjudgments and conclude that there are enough parallels with today to make one hope that Putin learns from the past, rather than repeats it.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 19:43:39 +0000
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